Shoreham Academy, Shoreham-by-Sea

In 2026, pupils at Shoreham Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in West Sussex and 47 across England.

57% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in West Sussex and 47% in England.

That is down from 54.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.56: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38, against 54.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 350 families put Shoreham Academy as their first choice and 624 named it as one of their preferences, for 325 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 34 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Shoreham Academy are Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.1); King's School (2.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56.5); Blatchington Mill School (2.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.5); and Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre (2.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42).

Shoreham Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Shoreham Academy is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

Of the 287 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 23% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 134 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 33% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 36% into work. 9% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (83%) and Mixed (8%).

The nearest railway station is Southwick Rail Station, about 790 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shoreham Academy (opposite), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 187 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in West Sussex (103), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Shoreham Academy issued 119 suspensions, 6.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Shoreham Academy are Glebe Primary School (0.2 miles), Holmbush Primary Academy (0.5 miles), Eastbrook Primary Academy (0.7 miles) and St Peter's Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.